Hua Changjue called An Yi and carefully warned him, "This time when you go to the village again, keep an eye on the man called Uncle Jiang. If he makes any move, you must report it to me."
"Also be careful about your whereabouts and don't let the other party find you."
An nodded, feeling ashamed for his previous carelessness.
"Master, rest assured, I will be more careful this time!"
Hua Changjue nodded.
"be safe."
An Yi put away his usual playful and frivolous expression, nodded seriously, and the black figure quickly left, disappearing into the darkness in an instant.
Hua Changjue and others continued to discuss countermeasures.
Suddenly a voice interrupted.
"I heard my father's analysis before. Although the Southern King's army defeated Zhang Meng's army, it also suffered heavy losses."
Several people turned their heads to look, and it turned out to be Hou Yingying.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Hou Yingying did not act servile or overbearing, but continued to speak openly.
"The Southern King claims to have an army of 500,000, but Zhang Meng also has an army of 200,000! After the previous battle, the number of troops that can be mobilized is estimated to be only over 300,000."
"But they can't all be used against us."
"After all, the southern king's original territory borders Luzon to the south and Annan to the west. He must have sent troops to guard the border."
"So I think the number of people that the Southern King can mobilize now is less than 100,000. But he still has to keep some people to defend Linjiang City."
"The number of people who can ambush us around this mountain should be only 40,000 to 50,000!"
Hua Changjue looked at her and nodded.
"Miss Hou is right."
Hou Yingying frowned, "Sir, I am also a soldier now! Please don't call me Miss! You can call me Hou Yingying."
General Hou glared at her. "Girl, why are you talking to an adult?"
Hou Yingying couldn't help but stick out her tongue when her father told her that.
General Hou looked at Hua Changjue with a smile, "Changjue, don't bother with a little girl like her!"
Hua Changjue nodded, not caring. Instead, he felt that her analysis made sense.
"Hou Yingying, do you have any other ideas? Please continue to speak! We are all listening."
Hou Yingying put away her mischievous look and nodded seriously, "There are only a few hundred people in this village, and their troops will not be many, but they are confident that they can deal with us."
She narrowed her eyes and continued, "I think they must have other plans. For example, they might tamper with our food or water, or something else."
Hua Changjue nodded and looked at her with satisfaction. Then he looked at General Hou.
"General Hou, your daughter is truly a talented person. She is indeed a daughter of a general!"
General Hou raised his head with pride.
"Of course, it doesn't matter who taught me."
Hou Yingying blushed slightly after being praised by them, and continued with a light cough, "So, I think we can check the food they sent and the drinking water they will send later."
In fact, Hua Changjue thought of these things at the first time. But they left in a hurry this time and did not take the doctor with them.
So for safety reasons, the food they sent will not be used tonight. They will still use the food they had before.
As for the drinking water that will be delivered later, they will not touch it. But the army of 200,000 people still needs water.
This is also a problem. Fortunately, there are several mountain springs around. We can deal with it temporarily.
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On the other side, Uncle Jiang and his group had already returned to the village.
"Uncle Jiang, that man just now must be Anguogong Hua Changjue, right? He suddenly called you. Did he discover something?"
The dark-skinned, weak-charactered young man no longer looked cowardly at this moment, his eyes were filled with viciousness and calculation.
His name is Huang Qi, and he and Uncle Jiang are both confidants of the Southern King. The people in their entire village are all loyal to the Southern King. It can be said that it is a secret base of the Southern King.
I have been monitoring Zhang Meng's every move and passing on information.
Now that the Southern King has captured Linjiang City and Zhang Meng is dead, they have changed their location and come here. They can be said to be the outpost of the Southern King against the army of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
Uncle Jiang listened to him and shook his head. "No, we have carefully made arrangements everywhere. Everything is real. They will definitely not find out."
"Yes! We have made such thorough preparations. How could we be suspected? You are too careful and cautious." Another man, Zhou Liang, rolled his eyes at Huang Qi and said.
"Our troops have already set up ambushes in various places on the mountain. There are a total of 60,000 people..." Zhou Liang's eyes were full of pride. But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.
"Shut up!" Uncle Jiang quickly scolded him. After he finished speaking, he looked around nervously.
"Don't you dare say anything out there? You don't want your head anymore."
Zhou Liang shrank his neck and pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Everyone in this village is ours. What are you afraid of? You are just too old and too timid."
Uncle Jiang and Huang Qi both looked very unhappy. But they couldn't do anything about it because Zhou Liang's sister was the prince's woman.
If they don't give a shit about the monk, they have to give a shit about the Buddha.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Zhou Liang, you'd better not say anything careless, in case you ruin the prince's plan! The first person the prince won't forgive will be you."
Zhou Liang felt that he had lost face, and his face turned cold. But he thought of his younger sister's instructions, that he came here this time just to earn some credit, so as to save face for his younger sister.
Thinking of this, he didn't want to confront the two of them, so he changed the subject.
"We put medicine in those wells. We will use bullock carts to bring water to them. Although it won't kill them, it will make it difficult for them to move."
"Isn't this great? Why not do it?"
He was upset when he thought about it. Why didn't they let him do such a good idea? Was it because he came up with it? Were they jealous of him? Were they afraid that he would take the credit?
Uncle Jiang had a terrible headache.
"The generals of the Great Sheng Dynasty are not fools! Don't they know how to check? Any doctor can find out if there is any problem with the water."
Zhou Liang was not convinced.
"Hasn't someone already checked and found out they didn't bring a doctor?"
Huang Qi said coldly, "We still have use for that medicine."
Zhou Liang's face darkened! "You have so many medicines, what are you doing with them? Why don't you tell me? You are just afraid that I will take away your credit."
Huang Qi was also amused by his shameless remarks.
"This is a secret. If you have the ability, just go and ask the prince directly."
Zhou Liang choked and suddenly became silent in anger.
Uncle Jiang rubbed his brows in a headache. He sighed deeply, gave a few instructions, and turned away. He still had a lot of things to do and didn't have time to argue with him here.
Zhou Liang saw Uncle Jiang leave, so he looked at Huang Qi.
"Where's the money for buying food? You should give it to me for safekeeping."
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